Corsairs and Hellcats (2003)

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Designer	Dan Verssen
Artist	Mike Lemick Rodger B. MacGowan Mark Simonitch
Publisher	GMT Games
Year Published	2003
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2, more than 2 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
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Subdomain	Wargames (6 voters) [vote]
Category	Aviation / Flight Card Game Expansion for Base-game Wargame World War II Show More »
Mechanic	Campaign / Battle Card Driven Hand Management
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Expands	Zero!
Family	Down in Flames
Primary Name	Corsairs and Hellcats
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This game is an expansion to Zero!, and the fourth game in the Down in Flames series of card-based WWII dogfight combat. It concentrates on the Pacific Theater, from 1942 to 1945.

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Zero!

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Corsairs and Hellcats

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First Edition

Publisher: GMT Games

Artist: Mike Lemick, Rodger B. MacGowan, Mark Simonitch

Year: 2003

Product Code: 0004

Size: 12.20 x 9.20 x 1.60 inches

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Num Ratings:	182
Average Rating:	7.43
Standard Deviation:	1.05
Num Views:	19747
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.2
Fans:	2

Personal Comments:	84
Users Owning:	464
Users Wanting:	22
Users Trading:	24 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	2
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Total Plays:	62
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Zero!

Rank	938
Num Ratings	482
Average Rating	6.94
Average Weight	2.28

Num Owned	947
Prev. Owned	108
For Trade	92
Want in Trade	17

Wishlist	45
Comments	215
Year Published	2001

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New Down in Flames forum!	http://ww2downinflames.freeforums.org/	2008-01-15
GMT Coursairs and Hellcats web page	http://www.gmtgames.com/dfch/main.html	2003-07-07